# 2022–23 FC Viktoria Plzeň season

The 2022–23 season was the 111th season in the existence of FC Viktoria Plzeň and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Czech football. In addition to the domestic league, Viktoria Plzeň participated in this season's editions of the Czech Cup and UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 13 February 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Adam Zadražil (on loan from Silon Táborsko) |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Lukáš Hejda |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Luděk Pernica |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Václav Pilař |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Jan Sýkora |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Jan Kliment |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Jan Kopic |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra |
| 13 | GK | SVK | Marián Tvrdoň |
| 14 | DF | CZE | Radim Řezník |
| 15 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Chorý |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Rafiu Durosinmi (on loan from Karviná) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | COL | Jhon Mosquera |
| 19 | MF | CZE | Roman Květ |
| 20 | MF | CZE | Pavel Bucha |
| 21 | DF | CZE | Václav Jemelka |
| 23 | MF | CZE | Lukáš Kalvach |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Milan Havel |
| 35 | DF | CZE | Filip Kaša |
| 36 | GK | CZE | Jindřich Staněk |
| 44 | DF | CZE | Libor Holík |
| 77 | MF | SVK | Erik Jirka |
| 88 | MF | CZE | Adam Vlkanova |
| 99 | MF | SEN | Modou N'Diaye |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | CZE | Dominik Sváček (at Liptovský Mikuláš) |
| — | MF | SVK | Miroslav Káčer (at Dunajská Streda) |
| — | GK | CZE | Martin Jedlička (at Bohemians 1905) |
| — | MF | CZE | Aleš Čermák (at Bohemians 1905) |
| — | MF | CZE | Pavel Šulc (at Jablonec) |
| — | MF | CZE | Šimon Falta (at Zbrojovka Brno) |
| — | DF | CZE | Josef Koželuh (at Zbrojovka Brno) |
| — | DF | BEN | Mohamed Tijani (at Zbrojovka Brno) |
| — | DF | CZE | Matěj Hybš (at Teplice) |
| — | DF | CZE | Filip Čihák (at Hradec Králové) |
| — | FW | SVK | Matej Trusa (at Hradec Králové) |
| — | MF | BRA | Cadu (at Baník Ostrava) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CZE | Robin Hranáč (at Pardubice) |
| — | DF | CZE | Václav Míka (at Chrudim) |
| — | MF | CZE | Matyáš Kodýdek (at Chrudim) |
| — | FW | CZE | Tomáš Jedlička (at Chrudim) |
| — | GK | CZE | Ondřej Mrózek (at Karviná) |
| — | DF | CZE | Adam Vrba (at Karviná) |
| — | MF | CZE | Dominik Kříž (at Varnsdorf) |
| — | DF | CZE | Šimon Gabriel (at Vysočina Jihlava) |
| — | FW | CZE | Lukáš Matějka (at Dukla Prague) |
| — | MF | CZE | Alexandr Sojka (at Silon Táborsko) |
| — | MF | CZE | Adam Alexandr (at Silon Táborsko) |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Czech First League | 30 July 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 35 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 051.43 |
| Czech Cup | 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 20 July 2022 | 1 November 2022 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 041.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 80 | 69 | +11 | 047.92 |
Source: Soccerway

### Czech First League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 70 | 29 | +41 | 68 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 81 | 25 | +56 | 66 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 57 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Bohemians 1905 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 48 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Slovácko | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 46 | Qualification for the championship group |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SPA | SLA | PLZ | BOH | SLO | OLO |
| 1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 35 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 76 | 33 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 35 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 98 | 31 | +67 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | — | — | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | — |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 35 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | — | — | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| 4 | Bohemians 1905 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Slovácko | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 50 | | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | 2–2 |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 48 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | — | — | — |
* ↑ Slavia Prague qualified for the Europa League as Czech Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Fortuna Liga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 |
| Ground | A |
| Result | D |
| Position | 7 |

#### Championship group
### Czech Cup
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | INT | BAR | PLZ |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Inter Milan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 3–3 | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 | | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–4 | — |